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A new wrinkle has developed in the race for Cook County Board President as Tom Tresser, the man behind the No Games Chicago group that opposed the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid, has announced his candidacy. The group "Friends of Tom Tresser" sent out an email to supporters yesterday indicating Tresser intended to announce this morning a run "for high local public office." It's since been learned that the office is Todd Stroger's. Said Tresser in the email, "I do this as a result of almost thirty years of civic work in the city and, most specifically, my last two years of volunteer community work." The email continues:

On this week's entry to the Chicagoist Podcast Series, we go back to the No Games Chicago folks and see what's transpired since we last spoke back in March. You'll recall that Tom Tresser joined us to discuss their efforts and their rally, and we find ourselves doing the same thing this week - but much, much closer to zero-hour. How did they get face time with the IOC? How did they get Olympic Committee eyes on anti-bid information in Switzerland? We'll find out. [Ed's Note: We reached out to Chicago 2016 early last week to get one of their reps to keep things "Fair & Balanced." Granted, most of their crew is now in Copenhagen, but we've yet to hear anything back from them. If you're still up for it, Chicago 2016, so are we! - M.G.]